In defence of Christianity
Subtitle: early Christian apologists
By: Jakob Engberg, Anders-Christian Jacobsen, Jörg Ulrich (eds.) ; translated by Gavin Weakley
Series: Early Christianity in the context of antiquity -- Volume 15; Early Christianity in the context of antiquity -- v. 15.
Publisher: Peter Lang Edition
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9783631623831; 9783653046434
Subjects: Apologeten; Apologetics; Heidentum; Christentum; Early church; History
Other titles: In defense of Christianity
Work titles: Til forsvar for kristendommen. English
Description: In Defence of Christianity examines the early Christian apologists in their context in thirteen articles divided in four parts. Part I provides an introduction to apology and apologetics in antiquity, an overview of the early Christian apologists, and an outline of their argumentation. The nine articles of Part II each cover one of the early apologists: Aristides, Justin, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, the author of the Letter to Diognetus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian and Minucius Felix. Part III contextualises the apologists by providing an English translation of contemporary pagan criticism of Christianity and by discussing this critique. Part IV consists of a single article discussing how Eusebius depicted and used the apologists in his Ecclesiastical History.
Notes: Originally published: Til forsvar for kristendommen : tidlige kristne apologeter, København, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263).

Translated from the Danish.
Table of contents: title: Apology in context / Jakob Engberg, Anders-Christian Jacobsen, Jörg Ulrich; title: Apologists and apologetics in the second century / Jörg Ulrich; title: Aristides / Nils Arne Pedersen; title: Justin Martyr / Jörg Ulrich; title: Tatian / René Falkenberg; title: Athenagoras / Anders-Christian Jacobsen; title: Theophilus / Jakob Engberg; title: Heaven-borne in the world : a study of the letter to Diognetus / Anders Klostergaard Petersen; title: Clement of Alexandria : paganism and its positive significance for Christianity / Jesper Hyldahl; title: Tertullian / Niels Willert; title: Minucius Felix, Octavius / Svend Erik Mathiassen; title: Condemnation, criticism and consternation : contemporary pagan authors' assessment of Christians and Christianity / Jakob Engberg; title: The other side of the debate 2 : translation of second century pagan authors on Christians and Christianity / Jakob Engberg, Patrick M. Fritz, Robert B.N. Hansen, John Møller Larsen; title: The defenders of Christianity in the Ecclesiastical history of Eusebius / Marie Verdoner.